Chapter 21 The Peony Society of the Heaven and Earth Society grows from the same root
After getting another 10,000 taels of silver notes from Yan Ming (Ming Yan), Zhu Gui, the magistrate of Dong'a County, seemed to be very satisfied and left.
Looking at the unwilling look on his face, Yan Ming (Ming Yan) said: "Second Master, I just looked through the records. The money we paid to bribe various county magistrates was never less than 50,000 taels. Why did you just give
Ten thousand taels... won’t you offend Magistrate Zhu Guizhu?”
"On the contrary, although Zhu Gui looks unhappy on the surface, he is actually quite satisfied in his heart. Remember this, what kind of jackals should be fed and what method should be used. People like Zhu Gui... must not do it all at once
Feed him well, otherwise he will open his mouth even more."
Since Magistrate Zhu has already arrived, there is no need to visit the county government office again.
The back of the "Health Hall" is not a workshop, but a typical farmyard. There is a greenhouse inside, where fruits and vegetables are all fresh, and there is even a small breeding farm with existing live chickens and ducks.
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All kinds of fresh ingredients are brought to the table, and the hot pot on the small red clay stove is now ready.
Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) kept smiling as he ate, and he was really so happy that he felt so happy... Because when Zhu Gui left, he actually used the "code language" of the Tiandihui to signal to him, "At noon, the county government office will
Let’s meet in the small courtyard of Dongtou.”
Why did Zhu Gui know the "code words" of the Heaven and Earth Society?
Maybe he is an undercover agent of the Heaven and Earth Society "lurking" in the "Peony Club"...
Why does he send signals to Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) very accurately?
Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) wears the robe of a slave and behaves like a very humble "slave".
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It doesn't matter, you will know the answer in another two hours.
Good news came one after another. The brothers of the sniper team who were "lurking" around Dong'a County reported that "Liu Rushi" did not stop for a moment after entering the city gate. He disguised himself as an old woman and went directly from the east side gate to the nearby gate.
I went up a hill to meet another extremely beautiful woman in black.
In the sniper scope, the woman in black is really beautiful, as evidenced by "on-site sketches".
There are several "field sketchers" specially trained by Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) in the sniper team.
The high bridge of the nose, the soft oval-shaped face, the surprisingly big eyes, especially the moving eyebrow smile... The brothers of the sniper team painted this woman in black vividly.
"I've found you now, why did you come here?" Looking at the sketched portrait, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) became excited.
This woman in black is the "Liu Rushi" who "kidnapped" him three years ago.
I left the capital in a hurry and heard nothing from him. I didn't expect to meet here.
There's even better news coming back.
Halfway through the hotpot in the small red clay stove, another urgent message came from the Flying Eagle. Senior brother Chen Jinnan, who had "lurked" into the "Peony Society", sent back a picture.
It is a "beautiful" sketch of the West Lake in Yangzhou.
A few winding curves represent the rippling lake, and there are a few crooked willow trees next to them, as ugly as they want; he asked him to draw a pavilion that looked like a monster trying to eat people...
If it weren't for the five crooked characters "Yangzhou West Lake" written on the top, it would really be hard to see. This is a "landscape painting".
Anyway, it’s just incomprehensible to people. Ignore it and put it away first. We are still hundreds of miles away from Yangzhou, so we have plenty of time to think about it.
There will be vegetables and meat tonight, but no wine.
This is the rule before the "big operation".
More than twenty of the best snipers are already in position near Dong'e County Government Office.
Although Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) is a bold artist, in this confusing situation, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) would rather choose to be cautious.
Maybe now, if a harmless little rabbit runs past him, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) will take precautions first, and then catch the little rabbit and ask it about the purpose of its trip.
After the tea was over, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) changed back into his original clothes... Since the "truth" was discovered by County Magistrate Zhu, maybe others already knew the "truth" and there was no need to pretend anymore.
Maybe there are countless eyes staring at me in the dark.
A carriage with a "Yangshengtang" mark on it "secretly" drove into the county government office at a quarter past noon.
The carriage made two deep lines on the pursuit road.
Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) first looked around to confirm that the brothers in the sniper team were already in place, and then he walked towards the small courtyard of Dongtou under the leadership of an old slave of Magistrate Zhu.
"It's so weird... The brothers have cleared the scene a long time ago, but I always feel that there is still someone... and he is a top-level expert... It feels really bad to be spied on... not good at all...
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But Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) suddenly became excited and felt that his whole body was full of "fighting"...
Entering the small courtyard, he saw Magistrate Zhu wearing regular clothes. Before Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) could speak, Magistrate Zhu bowed and bowed.
"Zhu Gui, the leader of Tiandihui Dong'e Branch Hall, pays homage to Thirteenth One."
"How...how did you know that I am the Honghua Thirteenth member of the Tiandihui?"
"With the one-armed general, Uncle Mingyan, I can tell even if I am blind; Uncle Mingyan is not the real master at first glance. He keeps looking at you when he talks... Sir, please come in..."
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"You are very observant. Tell me, when did the head of the Yangzhou branch of the Tiandi Society become a member of the Peony Society?"
Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) asked as he followed into the east wing.
Although Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) is the future leader of the Tiandi Society, "Red Flower Thirteen", he generally does not participate in the affairs of the society.
In his heart, he always felt that this "Tiandihui" would belong to his senior brother Chen Jinnan in the future. Therefore, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) was not very clear about many things about the Tiandihui.
Now that he saw that Zhu Gui, the magistrate of Dong'e County, was actually a member of the Tiandihui, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised.
Official position and power mean huge benefits, and it also means huge "restart resources"... The Tiandihui will become more and more methodical on the road of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and the more it goes, the clearer its thinking becomes.
Throughout history, very few people can rise up as ordinary people. Most of those who succeed in rebellion are either local powerful people or officials. Even Liu Bang was still the head of a pavilion when he started.
Where are the best talents in Chinese history?
Being an official.
As long as you have control over these officials, you will have access to huge talents and resources.
It seems that both Tiandihui and Peony Society are doing the same thing.
Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) suddenly came up with a strange idea. The methods of Tiandihui and Peony Club are so similar, can there be any connection?
Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi), with eyes like knives, stared directly at Zhu Gui's face and said: "My small goal in the future is to destroy the Peony Society first!"
Hearing this, Zhu Gui's body trembled and he smiled bitterly and said: "Uncle Chen Jinnan's goal is the same as yours, but have you ever thought about it, there are many brothers from our Heaven and Earth Society in the Peony Club."
"ah?"
"We are born from the same roots, so why rush each other..."
